- House Armed Services CommitteeStatement for the Record by Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis & Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, Dr. Thomas Fingar to the House Armed Services Committee - Global Security Assessment

Joint Statement from the ODNI and the DOJ on the Declassification of Renewal of Collection Under Section 501 of the FISA

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

On February 27, 2015, the Director of National Intelligence declassified and disclosed publicly that the U.S. government had filed an application with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court seeking renewal of the authority to collect telephony metadata in bulk, and that the FISC renewed that authority.

Joint Statement by the DOJ and the ODNI on the Declassification of Renewal of Collection Under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Early last year in a speech at the Department of Justice, President Obama announced a transition that would end the Section 215 bulk telephony metadata program as it previously existed, and that the government would establish a mechanism that preserves the capabilities we need without the government holding this bulk data.